Re:The Tie is Back
by nailer on Friday October 12, 2007 @09:31PM
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19th Century England? That's terrible.
Cravattes are much older than that. Croatian mercenaries used by Louis (I think XV) used to wear red garments around their necks. The mercenaries had a reputation as being fantastic soldiers, and French men copied the military trend with what they called a 'Cravatte' derived from 'Croat'.
(My girlfriend's in the fashion industry - she works at an Australian lingerie label now but used to work at Aqua Scutum)
Cravattes are much older than that. Croatian mercenaries used by Louis (I think XV) used to wear red garments around their necks. The mercenaries had a reputation as being fantastic soldiers, and French men copied the military trend with what they called a 'Cravatte' derived from 'Croat'.
(My girlfriend's in the fashion industry - she works at an Australian lingerie label now but used to work at Aqua Scutum)